Trace and tug buckle.



N. L. ANDERSON.

TRAGE- AND 'IUG BUCKLE.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.Z4, 191s.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR .A/ZJ L, flnaierjan ATTORNEYS NELS L. ANDERSON, OF SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TRACE AND TUG BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

App1ication filed February 24, 1913.

Patented Dec. 16,1913. Serial No. 750,323.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, New L. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and. a resident of Spear-fish, in the county of Lawrence and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Trace and Tug Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to buckles for engaging a trace and a hame tug.

It is a design of the invention to provide a buckle for the mentioned purpose, of light construction and simple form, adapted to adj ustably receive the trace therein and permit of the ready adjustment of the trace, to shorten or lengthen the same.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description hereinafter to be given.

Reference is to had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view showing a buckle embodying my invention applied to a trace and tug, fragments of the trace and tug being indicated, the buckle being adapted for single light harness and express harness; Fig. 2 is a rear end view with the trace in section, on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the trace frame of the buckle; Fig. t is a plan view of a buckle having the tug frame thereof slightly varied to adapt the buckle for light double driving harness; and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the tug frame formed to adapt the buckle for heavy team harness.

The buckle comprises two frame parts on which the various appurtenances are integral and rigid, and for convenience and in the interest of clearness, I will designate one frame as the tug frame, and employ the numeral 10 with exponents to indicate the various elements of the tug frame; the other frame I designate the trace frame and will employ the numeral 11 and exponents to indicate the elements of said frame. Thus the tug frame comprises side arms 10, which are joined at the front at one face of the buckle, by a cross bar 10 adapted to receive the loop a of the tug A. The side arms extend to the opposite face of the buckle, preferably in curved form, as at 10*, as best seen in Fig. 1, the ends of the portions 10 being joined by a cross bar 10, which I term the rear cross bar, and. which lies at the opposite face of the buckle from the bar 10, at a point rearimrd of the latter, the two cross bars being spaced laterally a sullicient distance to accommodate between them a trace B, which is passed lengthwise through the buckle. The cross bar 10 has a rearward extension in the form of a plate 10, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The trace frame is received within the tug frame between the side arms 10, and is adapted to slide and to rock therein. The trace frame comprises side arms 11 that range diagonally of the buckle, crossing the arms 10 of the tug buckle, at the portions 1O thereof. Pins 10 project from the inner faces of the arms lOof the tug frame toward. each othc' at points between the front and rear ends of the said arms, said pins overlying the side arms 11 of the trace frame. The front ends of the side arms 11. of the trace frame are joined by a cross bar 11 at theface of the buckle on which the rear cross bar 10 of the tug frame is located and lies in front of and in line with the latter. On the cross bar 11. is a pin 11", projecting toward the opposite face of the buckle and adapted to enter one of a series of holes 5 in the trace B. At the opposite end. of the arms 11 of the trace frame a cross bar 11 may join said arms for giving strength. The trace frame is provided at the sides at the rear end of the buckle with pins 11, which extend in the opposite direction to the pin 11, having their bases adjacent to the cross bar 1 l. The ends of the pins 11 project to a bearing against the inner face of the extension 10 of the rear cross bar 10 of the tug fran'ie, and they receive the trace l3 between them.

\Vhen in use it will be obvious that a pull on the tug A will exert a forward pull on the side arms 10 of the tug frame, and the front edge of the cross bar 10 of the tug frame will engage the opposed edge of the front cross bar ll. of the trace frame, and

thus through the pin 11* will exert a pull on the trace l3; At the same time the inner face of the extension 10 will be pressed against the ends of the pins 11, which project from the opposite face of the trace frame, at the rear of the buckle, so that the tug frame will engage the trace frame at the front against the cross bar 11, and at the rear by pressure against the pins 11 and the two l frames Wlll be firmly pressed against each l other by the draft strain, whereby to distribute the strain on the buckle.

To adjust the trace in the buckle, the trace is moved forwardly, that is, in the direction of the arrow shown at the line 22 (Fig. 1), which will cause the trace frame to slide in the tug frame, and the ends of the pins 11 will move forwardly along the inner face of the plate extension 10. The trace frame may now readily be rocked, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to withdraw the tongue 11 of the trace and permit the trace to be moved forwardly for engagement of the pin 11 with a rearward hole Z).

The described construction is particularly adapted for express harness and single light harness. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the tug frame is very slightly modified to adapt the buckle for use on light, harness. The tug frame, Fig. 4t, is in all double driving strap; the arms of the trace frame having a front cross bar at the end adjacent to the rear cross bar of the tug frame and in front of said rear cross bar, the said cross bar of the trace frame having a pin at substantially right angles thereto and projecting toward the opposite side of the buckle engage a trace, the trace frame having a second cross bar at the opposite end rearward of the rear cross bar of the tug frame and at the opposite side of the buckle, and pins extending in the opposite direction to the first pin and spaced apart to accommodate the trace between them, the rear cross bar of the tug frame having a plate extending rearwardly therefrom, the inner side of said plate lying against the ends of the spaced pins on the trace frame.

2. A buckle, comprising a tug frame, and a separate trace frame slidable and roekable in the tug frame, each frame comprising to receite a tug side arms and the arms of the respective respects essentially the same shown in Figs. 1 and 2, tension or plate except that the rearward eX- l 10 which corresponds with the extension 10 in Figs. 1 and 2, is provided at the rear end with a loop 10 neces- I sary in double light harness.

The elements 1 of the buckle, other than 1O and 10 are,

indicated in Fig. by in Figs. 1 to 3, because their forms are same in all respects.

In Fig.

the same characters as the 5, I have shown a tug frame further modified, only to the extent of} adapting the buckle to heavy team harness, for which purpose the several harness require three Iloops 10 10 and 10 the loop 10 being at the rear sponding with the loop the loops 10 and 10 being at right angles to the loop 10 and at opposite sides. The

and corre- 10 111 Flg. 1, and

several loops are formed 1n an enlargement 10 extending at three sides of the extension 10 which is the same as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A buckle, comprising a tug frame, and a separate trace frame slidable ant roekable in the tug frame, each frame having side arms, the respective arms crossing, the tug frame having pins projecting from the inner faces of the side arms toward each other at points between the ends of the arms and overlying the arms of the trace frame, said arms of the tug frame being joined at their rear ends at one face of the buckle by a cross bar, and the opposite ends of the arms being joined by a second cross bar located forwardly of the said rear cross bar and lying in a plane at one side of the plane of the first cross bar to afford a passage for a trace through the buckle between the said cross bars, the front cross bar being adapted straps of the frames crossing, the tug frame having a cross bar at one face of the buckle, at the front end of the latter, to receive a tug, and

a cross bar at the opposite face of the buckle, at the rear ends of the arms, said cross bars being separated transversely to accommodate a trace, the side arms of the trace frame having a cross bar at one face of the buckle in front of and adjacent to the rear face of the tug frame, said cross bar of the trace frame having a pin projecting toward the opposite face of the buckle to engage a trace, and there being a pair of spaced pins on the trace frame at the end opposite the first mentioned pin and projecting in the opposite direction to the latter, the tug frame having portions to bear against the ends of the said spaced pins, and there being means on the tug frame overlying the arms of the trace frame and slidably en aging said arms, at points between the ends of the latter.

3. i-lr buckle, comprising a tug frame having side arms, and a separate trace frame slidable and roekable in the tug frame and having side arms for crossing the arms of the tug frame, there being means on the arms of the tug frame, at the inside thereof, between the ends of said arms overlying the arms of the trace frame to engage the latter, the tug frame having a front cross bar for a tug at one face of the buckle, and a rear cross bar at the opposite face of the buckle, a cross bar on the trace frame disposed in front of and adjacent to the rear cross bar of the tug frame and having a pin projecting therefrom toward the opposite face of the buckle to engage a trace, the tug frame having two pins located thereon at the rear end. of the buckle, at the sides of the latter, the pins projecting in the opposite direction from that of the first pin, and the tug frame having at the rear of the rear cross bar a rear extension to bear against the ends of the second mentioned pins, and slidably ngaging the latter.

4. A buckle, comprising a tug frame having side arms, and a separate trace frame slidable and rockable in the tug frame, and having side arms that cross the arms of the tug frame, the tug frame having a front cross bar for a tug at one face of the buckle and a rear cross bar at the opposite face of the buckle, the trace frame having a cross bar in front of and adjacent to the rear cross bar of the tug frame provided with a pin projecting toward the opposite face of the buckle to engage a trace, and there being spaced pins 011 the trace frame at the rear of the buckle, the pins projecting in the opposite direction from that of the first pin, and the tug frame having at the rear cross bar a rearward extension to bear against, the ends of the second mentioned pins, and slidably engage the latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specifi *ation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELS L. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

W. L, WOLFE, O. DOTSON.

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